On www.keenanonline.com the bluebelt course, I cover every core guard, how to play it, and how to beat it. Check it out here keenanonline.com/blue-belt-co...
Thanks Keenan for a fantastic free video. But - giving up the underhook makes the Faria sweep even stronger muahaha. It binds the top player to the bottom player which makes the bridge highly effective.
Thanks for the details Keenan! I like the step over the head counter. I have a question for the move at 18:15 though. It looks like both of your arms are trapped (your right arm under his armpit and your left arm under his back). So is this possible for the bottom guy to keep rolling to his right side, possibly with a hips bridge and a grip on your pants with his left hand and a grip on the back of your gi with his right hand, to sweep you? Thank you.
Nice, comprehensive vid. Keenan, are you able to use your defenses if uke is in more classical deep half, controlling your right hip as opposed to your left? Just curious?
12:04 it looks like this whole thing is predicated on the DHG player grabbing the far-hip rather than the near-hip. Also, using hook style controls on the ankle rather than just crossing the feet over the ankle would probably make it every difficult to bend your leg to put the knee on the mat.
Question unrelated to technique. I noticed it looked like Uke had talcum powder on his rash guard? I don’t want to assume to much so what is it’s purpose (if in fact that’s what it is)?
I’m having problems when I’m doing the deep half guard when someone takes their arm and weaves between my legs sort of like what you do when there’s a knee shield does anybody have a counter for that I can’t get the sweep because he has his hand weaved in between both my legs
I play a lot of deep half guard and that's exactly how some guy shut down my game. Even without knowing what they're doing. Any idea about how to counter that position?? (As the half guard player??
As the deep half player when the put the knee down and step the other leg up, immediately wrap your arm around the leg and grab your lapel. With your free hand, do a Turkish get up (works even on heavyweights as all their weight is on their knee that’s on the floor) and just sweep them into an over-under position. I actually PREFER to sweep from this counter because the Turkish get up is so strong. Just keep in mind you have to have a strong neck to leg so that they don’t pass the leg over, and grab your own lapel so that even if they DO pass the leg over you still have the sweep but not the over-under pass.
@@fritzdagger your thoughts on Bravo's combat jujitsu aka JJ with bitch slaps? Also, as unified mma rules allow grabbing your own shorts and gloves, are there some neglected gi BJJ moves that could exploit these stipulations?
